Plutarch’s Parallel Lives

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ancient Greek literature biographical work classical biography collection

Plutarch’s Parallel Lives is a series of biographies by the ancient Greek writer Plutarch that pairs notable Greek and Roman figures to explore their characters and moral lessons.

Aliases (17)

Plutarch's Lives ×2
Plutarch’s Life of Romulus ×2
Greek Lives ×1
Life of Demosthenes ×1
Life of Pericles ×1
Life of Philopoemen ×1
Plutarch's "Life of Antony" ×1
Plutarch's "Life of Pyrrhus" ×1
Plutarch's Life of Cimon ×1
Plutarch's Life of Pericles ×1
Plutarch's Parallel Lives ×1
Plutarch’s Life of Lysander ×1
Plutarch’s Life of Pericles ×1
Plutarch’s Life of Pompey ×1
Plutarch’s Life of Pyrrhus ×1
Plutarch’s Lives ×1
Plutarch’s Lives (various translations) ×1

Statements (60)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient Greek literature → biographical work → classical biography collection →
author	Plutarch →
countryOfOrigin	Ancient Greece →
genre	biography → moral literature →
hasPart	Life of Aemilius Paulus → Life of Agesilaus → Life of Alcibiades → Life of Alexander → Life of Antony → Life of Aratus → Life of Artaxerxes → Life of Brutus → Life of Camillus → Life of Cicero → Life of Cimon → Life of Coriolanus → Life of Crassus → Life of Demetrius → Life of Demosthenes → Life of Dion → Life of Fabius Maximus → Life of Galba → Life of Julius Caesar → Life of Lucullus → Life of Lycurgus → Life of Marcellus → Life of Marius → Life of Nicias → Life of Numa Pompilius → Life of Otho → Life of Pelopidas → Life of Pericles → Life of Philopoemen → Life of Pompey → Life of Publicola → Life of Pyrrhus → Life of Romulus → Life of Solon → Life of Themistocles → Life of Theseus → Life of Timoleon → Life of Titus Quinctius Flamininus →
influenced	Enlightenment moral philosophy → Renaissance biography → William Shakespeare →
literaryForm	prose →
notableFeature	comparative method → moralizing commentary → synkrisis (formal comparison) at end of pairs →
originalLanguage	Ancient Greek →
purpose	character study → moral instruction →
structure	paired biographies →
subjectMatter	notable Greeks → notable Romans →
timeOfComposition	early 2nd century CE → late 1st century CE →

Referenced by (21)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Aspasia of Miletus ("Plutarch's Life of Pericles") → Atia Balba Caesonia ("Plutarch's Lives") → Ictinus ("Plutarch’s Life of Pericles") → Nicias ("Plutarch's Parallel Lives") → Sabine women ("Plutarch’s Life of Romulus") →	mentionedIn
Plutarch ("Greek Lives") → Plutarch’s Parallel Lives ("Life of Pericles") → Plutarch’s Parallel Lives ("Life of Demosthenes") → Plutarch’s Parallel Lives ("Life of Philopoemen") →	hasPart
Cato the Younger → Cleopatra VII ("Plutarch's "Life of Antony"") → Pompey the Great ("Plutarch’s Life of Pompey") →	portrayedInWork
Lysander ("Plutarch’s Life of Lysander") → Plutarch ("Plutarch’s Lives (various translations)") →	subjectOf
Pyrrhic War ("Plutarch's "Life of Pyrrhus"") →	describedBySource
Hannibal →	describedIn
Battle of Heraclea ("Plutarch’s Life of Pyrrhus") →	hasPrimarySource
Romulus and Remus ("Plutarch’s Life of Romulus") →	narratedIn
Cimon ("Plutarch's Life of Cimon") →	source
Leonardo Bruni ("Plutarch's Lives") →	translatedWork
Phidias ("Plutarch’s Lives") →	workDescribedIn